to govern, i'm a pretty practical guy. and i just want to make sure that things work and one of the nice things about never having another election again, i will never campaign again, is, you know, i think you can rest assured that all i care about is making sure that i leave mind an america that is more stable, more secure than it was when i came into office and that's going to continue to drive me. and i think that the sh we're dealing with right now in the fiscal cliff is a prime example of it. what i'm arguing for are maintaining tax cuts for 98% of americans. i don't think anybody would consider that some liberal, left wing agenda. it used to be considered a mainstream agenda. and it's something we can accomplish today if we simply allow for a vote in the senate and in the house to get it done. the fact that it's not happening is ancation of, you know, how far certain factions inside the republican party have gone where they can't even accept what used to be centrist mainstream positions on these issues. i'm an optimi